Rail-joint



R. V-. JONES.

RAIL JOINT.

(No Model.)

No. 322,828. Patented July 21, 18 5.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT V. JONES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,828, dated July 21, 1885.

Application filed April 27, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RonnnrV. JoNEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is'a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in rail-joints combining the fish-plate and chair,

and is designed to produce a device for firmly holding the contiguous ends of the rails in position that may be easily and quickly applied or removed.

In describing the device, reference is had to the annexed drawings, in which Figurel represents a perspective of the device; Fig. 2, a cross-section, and Fig. 3 a detail View of the lockingwedges.

The joint consists, essentially, of two plates and a locking-wedge. One of the plates A rests under the rails and over one side of the flanges thereon, and is continued upward coincident with the web of the rail forming one of the fish-plates B. The other end of the plate A is provided with tongues O, which catch over the flanges on the said side of the rails. A plate, D, of less width, preferably, than the plate A, rests under the said plate A, and has an upturned end, E, which passes over the edge of the plate A,where it engages overthe flanges of the rails. The other end of the plate D passes upward between the tongues O and over the flanges of the rails, where it is extended laterally, as shown at F, and has an upward-extending fish-plate.

On the portion Fis a longitudinal flange or tongue, G. Between the flange G and the tongues 0 rest the locking wedge or wedges H. In Fig. 3 is shown the preferable form of as and for the purpose specified.

' wedge. Each have notches at the end, and are also there beveled. The other end is upturned, so that it may be easily driven or withdrawn. One end is wider than the other, so that it acts as a wedge.

The wedges are driven in from each end till the notched ends of the same engage, they being thinned somewhat, 'so as to have the necessary spring to-cause them to overlap and to disengage them when necessary.

With the device as described, the necessity of drilling holes in the ends of the rails is obviated, as bolts are unnecessary. The plates may be rolled and formed to suit diiferentsized rails.

I claim- 1. In combination with an interlocking railjoint, awedge or wedges narrowed and thinned tonear one end, at which end they are thickened and notched and also beveled, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A rail-joint consisting of a plate having tongues on one side and extended upward over the flanges of the rails and coincident with the webs thereof on the other side, a plate having one end upturned and the other end engaging over the flanges of the rails and coincident with the webs thereof, and provided with a longitudinal flange or tongue on the said end, and a wedge or wedges engaging under the said flange or tongue and the tongues on the other plate, the whole combined substantially In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT V. JONES.

Witnesses:

W. J. Sronnn, GEORGE LINN. 

